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Android Forums Hacked: 1 Million User Credentials Stolen

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Phandroid's AndroidForums.com has been hacked. The database that powers the site was compromised and more than one million user account details were stolen. If you use the forum, make sure to change your password ASAP. From the article: 'Phandroid has revealed that its Android Forums website was hacked this week using a known exploit. The data that was accessed includes usernames, e-mail addresses, hashed passwords, registration IP addresses, and other less-critical forum-related information. At the time of writing, the forum listed 1,034,235 members.'"

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  1. lol linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Was it run on... Linux? BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!

    Linux = FAIL.
    Windows or OS X are the only secure solutions.

    1. Re:lol linux by multiben · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're right. I'm sorry, now back to work everyone! These are serious times. Linux is the best operating system that has every existed and nothing will ever be better than it. It is perfect and nobody should ever laugh at it. You know why? Because it's not funny! That's why. In fact, nothing is funny. Somebody told me a joke once back in 1972 and frankly I just didn't see the point. It distracted me from being serious.

  2. Woo Hoo, big news! by Grayhand · · Score: 5, Funny

    Androids forums had a million users!!!!! Take that Apple!

  3. Re:Low expectations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    i'd love to use keepass, but i am too fucking stupid. i am going to try again right now. fucking complicated shit.

  4. This is news? by thetoadwarrior · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some low budget Android site gets hacked and we feel the need to talk about it? It's a fucking PHP based site. I'm surprised not being hacked in between each restart to recover from memory leaks.

  5. The known exploit by wbr1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    androidforums.com runs on a cluster of old phones. A simple android root program injected into the php was all that was needed :P

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  6. Does this mean.. by 0ld_d0g · · Score: 4, Funny

    They open sourced the passwords? :-P

  7. Re:And, To Fulfil the Irony.... by cerberusss · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the password that I only use for all my forum accounts, so I don't really care if it's hacked or not. Should I post stupid stuff, then it's just the silly Android Forums hacker.

    HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS

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